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Fairbairn didn't tackle McCaffrey. McCaffrey beat Fairbairn (#15) and was tackled by another guy (#18). You can see the play here -- it's highlight #9: http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/12/10/...15-season/

That was going to be my post until I saw you already did it.
Fairbairn did make a good effort for a kicker, but only in "hey - nice try kid" kind of way.

I am not quite sure whether Fairbairn really was the best kicker, but mostly because I haven't paid all that much attention to kickers and it's not completely clear to me how one should judge them. Fairbairn does have a decent mixture of kicking a high percentage on FGs, kicking quite a few FGs, also handling kickoffs and putting a lot of those for touchbacks. He's not the best in any of those, but may be the best blend.

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Fairbairn didn't tackle McCaffrey. McCaffrey beat Fairbairn (#15) and was tackled by another guy (#18). You can see the play here -- it's highlight #9: http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/12/10/...15-season/

That was going to be my post until I saw you already did it.
Fairbairn did make a good effort for a kicker, but only in "hey - nice try kid" kind of way.

I am not quite sure whether Fairbairn really was the best kicker, but mostly because I haven't paid all that much attention to kickers and it's not completely clear to me how one should judge them. Fairbairn does have a decent mixture of kicking a high percentage on FGs, kicking quite a few FGs, also handling kickoffs and putting a lot of those for touchbacks. He's not the best in any of those, but may be the best blend.